Bambu Lab P2S combo is suddenly everywhere — for a first printer, is the combo worth it over the older P1S?
The Bambu Lab P2S combo just showed up on this weeks rising-searches lists, and I am trying to buy my first 3D printer before the holidays. The choice I keep coming back to is the P2S combo versus the older P1S. The combo buys you multi-material printing out of the box, which sounds great for printing parts in two colors or with supports that dissolve away. But it also costs more, adds a whole filament-feeding box to babysit, and every experienced printer owner I know says beginners spend their first months printing single-color functional parts anyway. So is the P2S combo actually the better first buy because you grow into it, or is it smarter to buy the simpler P1S, learn on it, and only pay for multi-material later if a real project demands it? What did you actually print in your first three months — and did multi-material matter?
1 answer
- P1S, not the combo
Buy the P1S. I have watched too many people pay extra for multi-material on day one and then print single-color brackets and hooks for six months. The combo adds cost and another box of filament to keep dry and untangled, and none of that helps you learn bed adhesion, supports, or why your print warped. Learn on the simple machine. If a real project ever needs two materials, you will know it because the project will demand it, not because a bundle looked good in a cart.